Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has urged the central province of Quang Tri, which has been hardest hit by recent floods and storms, to focus all resources to protect the lives and assets of locals and help them soon stabilise their life.
Vietnam’s largest refining and petrochemical firm, Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical JSC (BSR), has estimated that its third-quarter profits stood at more than 171 billion VND (7.37 million USD).
Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) in September rose 5.9 percent from a year earlier, driven mainly by electronics shipments, data from Enterprise Singapore showed.
Donations are being made by businesses and localities nationwide to assist residents in the central region, which has been hit hard by floods over the last few days.
Salaries increased by 6.5 percent this year at multinational companies (MNCs) and 5.2 percent at Vietnamese companies, and are forecast to increase by 7 percent and 7.7 percent next year, according to the Talentnet – Mercer Total Remuneration Survey.
A collection of 120 paintings and photos on the fights against COVID-19 will be displayed at an exhibition at the Fine Arts Museum in the central city of Da Nang on October 19-25.
Data from the Ministry of Industry and Trade shows Vietnam will sharply increase imports of coal, gas and primitive energies to meet development needs from now to 2030.
Three new cases of COVID-19, all imported, were detected in Vietnam on October 13, raising the national count to 1,113, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP) – a subsidiary of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) - exploited 2.88 million tonnes of oil equivalent in the first three quarters of this year, surpassing the target by 1 percent.
The Vietnam – Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro has reported that its oil and gas production during January-September surpassed the set target in the period.
The price of RON95 petrol rose by 138 VND per litre while that of bio-fuel E5RON92 was adjusted up by 53 VND per litre in the latest review of prices on October 12.
Vietnam recorded five new imported cases of COVID-19 between 6am and 6pm of October 9, raising the total infections to 1,105, according to the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control.
PetroVietnam GAS Corporation JSC (PV GAS), a subsidiary of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), raked in over 6 trillion VND (over 259 million USD) of post-tax profit in the first nine months of the year, exceeding the target set for the period by 27 percent.
The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has reported an oil output of 8.64 million tonnes in the first nine months of this year, 9.4 percent higher than the set target.
Promoting exports to Singapore, which has open trade mechanisms and high-quality services, is viewed as a shortcut for Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to send their products out to the world, according to industry insiders.
GS Caltex Corp, the second largest refiner by sales in the Republic of Korea, said on October 7 that it has signed a deal worth 39 billion VND (1.6 million USD) with Vietnamese startup VI Automotive Service in its first investment in the Southeast Asian country.
Manufacturing sector returned to growth in September as concerns around the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country eased. Both output and new orders increased, while business confidence strengthened, and the rate of job cuts softened.
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